Posted on 09/14/2015 10:03:49 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
The #BlackLivesMatter movement’s occasionally-controversial rhetoric has been met with mixed reactions from figures ranging from network news hosts to presidential candidates. However, it seems the movement has at least one sympathizer on TV: Stephen Colbert.
The Late Show host was reportedly asked to wear the bracelet reading “Black Lives Matter” as he was taking questions from the audience before last night’s episode. Patrick Waldo, a New York-based performer and active member of the movement, wrote on Instagram that he was a long-time fan of Colbert’s, and when called upon, he took the opportunity to ask Colbert to wear the wristband as a show of solidarity with the movement:
I told him I’ve been involved in the Black Lives Matter movement for the last year. I said “From one member of the ruling class to another,” and he laughed and interrupted me and said “The ruling class? What do you rule? Because I rule this theater!” I said “You do! So I’m gonna put you on the spot right now and ask you to wear this Black Lives Matter wristband on the show, AND say Black Lives Matter at least once during the show because I think your audience needs to hear it!” He responded immediately, “Bring it to me” and then “But I make promises to no one!”
Waldo wrote that just before taping, Colbert joked about it by saying “this wrist band feels like it was made for someone with much bigger wrists than mine. I want to wear it around my neck like a lovely necklace.” Colbert then promised Waldo that if he couldn’t work it in tonight, he would in the near future.
As it turns out, Colbert wore the wristband throughout the night, which Waldo commended him on with a photo collage:
Not worth posting-—except that this is where the retarded lefties get their “news.”
Barf.
I’m wearing my Ratings Matter wristband right now, Colbert.
Another Marxist activist pretending to be a newsman.
Pray America is waking
Celebrity worship is going to take this country into the dirt. That a talk show douche’s choice of bracelet is considered newsworthy is depressing.
Not a 9/11 we will not forget?
I think it’s newsworthy in that it shows what an abject failure of a human being Stephen Colbert is.
Black Lives Matter activist are calling for police to be slaughtered and Colbert puts a stamp of approval on it.
Is he still on the air? I thought he was already cancelled.
This is very exciting news.
I can’t wait to hear what Colbert will do next.
By the way, who is Stephen Colbert ?
What a douche bag..so I guess Colbert is a fan of the guy who killed the Kentucky State Trooper..he was also a member of the Black Lives Bowel Movement
.. And a dumbass.
So it’s Official... Colbert is a Moron..
NBC Tonight Show not as political. Carson, Leno, Fallon were not in your face. No wonder they crush the ratings.
I can’t decide who is more brilliant—Stephen Colbert or John Leibowitz.
They are both thrilling.
I try hard to keep up with them
so I can impress my friends by repeating their latest.
I’ll never forget the time I heard Leibowitz say, “Bush is stupid.”
I was trembling with excitement for days after I heard that one.
And ANOTHER great one from him: “Sarah Palin is stupid.”
Stopped watching late night when Jay Leno “retired.” The truly best through was Johnny Carson. None of the bums on late night now could hold a candle to him.
I appreciate good politcal humor and satire. But, ever since Obama has been president at least, the tone of these comedians has been decidedly liberal. I almost never hear them make fun of Obama or liberals or Democrats. Bush was a constant target when he was president. But its as if someone got to these comics and told them that making fun of Obama is somehow off limits.
So Stephen Colbert wants to kill police officers.
Don’t call 911, Stephen, it will be a waste of time.
To all police officers: do not respond to calls at Stephen Colbert’s address. It is probably a trap.
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